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Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality...settings...5 Basic tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only 10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...11 Orientation ...11 Copies ...12 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only 12 Advanced tab...13 Color ...14 Scaling ...16 Watermark ...17 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning ...
Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality...settings...5 Basic tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only 10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...11 Orientation ...11 Copies ...12 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only 12 Advanced tab...13 Color ...14 Scaling ...16 Watermark ...17 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning ...
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... memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X ... an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager®...
... memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X ... an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager®...
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Section I Windows® I Printing 2 Scanning 22 ControlCenter3 44 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 68 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) 74 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
Section I Windows® I Printing 2 Scanning 22 ControlCenter3 44 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 68 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) 74 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
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...get the highest possible resolution. (See Resolution in Specifications in the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you may vary depending on your PC may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port ... and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User's Guide for details.) This feature is available for more information. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in this section are using.
...get the highest possible resolution. (See Resolution in Specifications in the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you may vary depending on your PC may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port ... and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User's Guide for details.) This feature is available for more information. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in this section are using.
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... at any time by clicking Status Monitor from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File, ... you print from the Start menu on Startup to clear the check mark. b Right-click again then click Exit. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or...
... at any time by clicking Status Monitor from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File, ... you print from the Start menu on Startup to clear the check mark. b Right-click again then click Exit. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or...
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... this custom size. Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you want , you want for specific paper sizes. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. Choose the correct paper thickness to print...
... this custom size. Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you want , you want for specific paper sizes. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. Choose the correct paper thickness to print...
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The N in Portrait or Landscape). Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. Note If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in the application. 11 Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your... your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can choose to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on one in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can be printed (in 1 options...
The N in Portrait or Landscape). Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. Note If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in the application. 11 Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your... your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can choose to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on one in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can be printed (in 1 options...
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... Watermark, and then choose the watermark you have created. Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you want to print the watermark image in any of the... watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you only want to use. 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of the...
... Watermark, and then choose the watermark you have created. Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you want to print the watermark image in any of the... watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you only want to use. 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of the...
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... the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. 2 Scanning 2 Scanning operations and the drivers used will...includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. This means that support TWAIN scanning. Windows® XP users can not only scan images directly into the PaperPort® SE viewer that Brother included with OCR on the operating system you can also scan images ...
... the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. 2 Scanning 2 Scanning operations and the drivers used will...includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. This means that support TWAIN scanning. Windows® XP users can not only scan images directly into the PaperPort® SE viewer that Brother included with OCR on the operating system you can also scan images ...
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... use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 Or click the Scan button. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was... when using from the Scanner drop-down list. The Scan panel appears in this Guide are for when you are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan.
... use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 Or click the Scan button. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was... when using from the Scanner drop-down list. The Scan panel appears in this Guide are for when you are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan.
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... areas from the image. to crop a portion you want to scan 2 The PreScan button is finished, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you want to scan the image. When you are scanning the correct area, click the Start button in the...
... areas from the image. to crop a portion you want to scan 2 The PreScan button is finished, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you want to scan the image. When you are scanning the correct area, click the Start button in the...
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...icon to restore the image to refine the image. Settings in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. icon, and then use the options available to its e Load your application window). Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for scanning text documents 200 × ...200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 Note Skip this step if you want to web...
...icon to restore the image to refine the image. Settings in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. icon, and then use the options available to its e Load your application window). Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for scanning text documents 200 × ...200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 Note Skip this step if you want to web...
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... your software application to scan the document. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). • If you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. b Click File, then Scan. You can scan images directly...
... your software application to scan the document. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). • If you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. b Click File, then Scan. You can scan images directly...
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...access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your application window). The machine starts scanning the document. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is scanned and you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for the...time only the chosen area of the scanned picture (3). If you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your file. 33 You must restart your PC may dramatically increase. Make sure that you are trying to take...
...access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your application window). The machine starts scanning the document. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is scanned and you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for the...time only the chosen area of the scanned picture (3). If you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your file. 33 You must restart your PC may dramatically increase. Make sure that you are trying to take...
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... can use this section to choose an item and then fax it is stored in that application. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the text to them. ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with a word processing application. PaperPort® SE can be a PaperPort® SE item or a ...can be 'nested'-that you can use of the Send To Bar is , stored in other applications on the Desktop. You can also use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. You can edit with OCR lets you convert image text into text...
... can use this section to choose an item and then fax it is stored in that application. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the text to them. ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with a word processing application. PaperPort® SE can be a PaperPort® SE item or a ...can be 'nested'-that you can use of the Send To Bar is , stored in other applications on the Desktop. You can also use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. You can edit with OCR lets you convert image text into text...
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... as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PDF or as a self-viewing executable (.EXE) file. c Enter the new file name and choose the file type. For Windows® 2000 Professional 2 a Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Change or ...Remove. You can export items into other file formats, such as Windows® Bitmap (BMP) or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). d Click Save to save PaperPort® SE items in several different ways: 2 ...
... as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PDF or as a self-viewing executable (.EXE) file. c Enter the new file name and choose the file type. For Windows® 2000 Professional 2 a Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Change or ...Remove. You can export items into other file formats, such as Windows® Bitmap (BMP) or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). d Click Save to save PaperPort® SE items in several different ways: 2 ...
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... g You can choose which machine ControlCenter3 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for your device. (5) f Access the settings available to configure your choice. (1) b Access to the Custom Scan settings. Using ControlCenter3 eliminates...Copy features available via your PC. (4) e Access the 'PC-FAX' applications available for each function and a link to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to you quickly and easily access your often used ...
... g You can choose which machine ControlCenter3 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for your device. (5) f Access the settings available to configure your choice. (1) b Access to the Custom Scan settings. Using ControlCenter3 eliminates...Copy features available via your PC. (4) e Access the 'PC-FAX' applications available for each function and a link to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to you quickly and easily access your often used ...
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Modern 7 1, 2 3 4 5 6 ControlCenter3 3 8 3 Classic 3 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note • To be able to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be prompted so you need to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater. If you do not have the MFL-Pro Suite Software installed on your PC for that model. • For the Modern user interface, you can download the latest Flash Player. • The Modern user interface is not supported in Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. 45
Modern 7 1, 2 3 4 5 6 ControlCenter3 3 8 3 Classic 3 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note • To be able to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be prompted so you need to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater. If you do not have the MFL-Pro Suite Software installed on your PC for that model. • For the Modern user interface, you can download the latest Flash Player. • The Modern user interface is not supported in Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. 45
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ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. If you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 You can choose the Modern or Classic user interface for ControlCenter3. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter ...on the tasktray. a Right-click the ControlCenter3 icon in the tasktray The ControlCenter3 preference window appears. , and choose Preferences. b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you start ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear...
ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. If you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 You can choose the Modern or Classic user interface for ControlCenter3. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter ...on the tasktray. a Right-click the ControlCenter3 icon in the tasktray The ControlCenter3 preference window appears. , and choose Preferences. b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you start ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear...
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... standard printer driver installed on the PC including network printers. Before using any printer driver for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your Brother machine. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you view the Software User's Guide and the Network User's ...View Received which when clicked will open the Set Quick-Dial window of the machine's printer driver, or you can configure the machine settings or check ink levels. Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Remote Setup Program. (See Remote...
... standard printer driver installed on the PC including network printers. Before using any printer driver for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your Brother machine. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you view the Software User's Guide and the Network User's ...View Received which when clicked will open the Set Quick-Dial window of the machine's printer driver, or you can configure the machine settings or check ink levels. Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Remote Setup Program. (See Remote...